Boy--Do I feel behind!! When did you all decide to get up and post??? I'm still needing my coffee!!

Better do individuals first before I yap.... (I'll go down the line here)

Angie--I am in agreement with the others. You should let the stress ease up a little rather than trying to sell while you're feeling all wound up! Your BP sounds like it's borderline. But if I were you, I would find ways to lower it a little. 90 is the borderline high.....you don't want to go up higher than that. When they finally decided to put me on medication (I'm off of them now) my BP was 148/104....and it didn't budge forever. Some come here, vent, let it all out and sit them boys down and have a long talk with them!!
About your aunt....I'm so sorry!!

Jana--You have pool weather?!! I'm trying to stare those rain clouds away!! No fun wanting to do things outside and then all of sudden we have downpours. But it is suppose to ease up this weekend. I hope so, my lawn is growing much to fast! Also, like the others, I had envisioned the same thing with the washboards. And I was thinking "how fun is that?"

Jen--I would love to go to a farmers restaurant. Some have good food....some have not so good. I guess that's the way with any restaurant. Pulling off the skin on the chicken is a good idea if you choose to get it. And Steamed veggies is another good idea. Congratulations on the 3pounds!! Wow! That's fantastic! I'm not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow....TOM is here and I ALWAYS gain. Never a fun thing! As for school. I updated my skills, I already have a certificate in Office assistance. So I'm looking for a sit down job. It would be my first one ever! (been in production for over 10yrs.)

Katie--I had to laugh when you mentioned the flipping back and forth...
It had taken me awhile also when I first started posting. I had just recently realized that at the very bottom, is a "click here" button if I wanted to view the WHOLE thread rather than just the last 12 post. I think we learn something new everday!

RosieKate--James said it wasn't raining at the time that he went...maybe sprinkling a little. But he did say that it was a lot smaller than he had thought it would be. I think I may be a whiney person because I wouldn't want to walk around mud while I'm trying to enjoy the festival. Can you just hear me??? "Ahhh, my shoooes are weeettt!! Maaannn, now they're Mudyyyyy!"
Did you hear the whine in that tone??

Today I am retyping my resume and mailing out two of them. (I should have done that yesterday but I got sidetracked.) I found some errors in my cover letter and I can't have that!! So hopefully this will help.

I have some house cleaning to do too. Will it ever end?? I have sugar ants crawling all over and that just BOTHERS me!! I feel unclean!

Do any of you have an idea for fleas? Both our dogs and cats get treatments for it, but the neighborhood cats don't seem to want to leave us alone! And I'm getting bit like crazy!! Hate it.

Ok I better get going.

Take Care

Marti

Good evening ladies.

Jen - Hope you have fun with your grandmother this evening. Not all of us farmers live on fried chicken, lol. It's been so long since I fried one, I'm not sure I could get it to turn out crispy anymore. Like you, I cut out most (not all!) processed food and am losing better because of it, I think. Hope you enjoy your 4 day weekend off!

Katiecat - if you click on "post reply" instead of using the "quick reply" all you have to do is scroll down, and all the posts for the thread are there. Glad graduation is a memory! Funny about the speeches, though, lol!! My son also towers over me, and sometimes I think of the days when I rocked him...

RosieKate - I always loved my kids' vacations from school, once I was a SAHM, and just hated to see them go back. But my very favorite was snow days! We would romp in the snow and then warm up with hot chocolate and a game of Monolpoly. Wow, lots of fuzzy memories tonight, lol!

Marti - the temps here are in the high 90's with the heat index way over 100 so the pool feels pretty good! About the fleas, Neal puts some liquid stuff on our dogs' neck, not sure what it is, but that takes care of fleas and other cooties, lol. For your yard, maybe you could get some flea powder?

All of the winter wheat (planted in the winter) is being harvested, and it sure is pretty to watch! Also, the high school kids are busy turning watermelon vines and will soon be detassling corn.

I am home alone tonight - Neal and Katie went to the Disney Store in Greenwood to pick up some Disney Dollars for the twins' birthday party tomorrow. They will turn 2 on Wednesday, but the party is early so Dale's mom and dad can attend. So while the house is nice and quiet, I'm headed off for a bubble bath and soft music....

Hi.......

I get to go home early! YAY- Exhausted......I need a day just staying home and relaxing.

The job went to a man named Erik!! YAY- that is over with. He is in another area of HAP - he sounds youngish and perhapes unmarried. So, thinking while I didin't get a promo I might get a boyfriend....lol
jk
geesh.........He starts the 22nd. I sent him an email saying congrats.Maybe he can write me a blurb for the July newsletter?? Need to get that out by the 25th........lol

Angie- pull the house. I know you say it is small. Remember my lil blue house?? Was it not the cutest?? You can always sell later- get those boys in counseling in the meantime. Your health and peace of mind is what is important.


OMG-- I should do a Dear Susan column-- ala Dear Abby..........lol

Gaby's dad and I just started counseling. It is through a church and I feel good about it. We had our first session Thursday.

Hey Katie & Jen & Sue!!!

Hi SHANNA

You are a sweety Jana........

I better go. Hope you all have a great weekend. Not meaning to leave any one out-- just super tired.

ttfn

Monte has said he wants to try to hold out till the end of the month...hmmm well that wouldn't be so bad if the house stayed clean all the time. I have decided if the boys are so bored they want to fight then can spend time cleaning...I will start a list of jobs they can do...scrubbing toilets it up at the top of that list...dusting,,,my home will look like Norman Rockwell...
Jana,,,I feel sad about my aunt but boy did she live a life! Shes traveled the world and enjoyed every bit of her short years with us. She found out she had cancer about 3-4 months ago. She didnt' linger for months and months or years..she didn't suffer for long so what a way to go right? She had time to get her stuff in order make peace with whom ever needed peace, and say her goodbyes...what more could any person ask for? I think a good weekend relaxing will do wonders.
Susan,,,ok you are too sweet,,,Im not and will say...that sux that you didn't get the job!
Tanner has a school trip,,,end of school fun. We get to go see Shrek 2! Yes thats right I get to go,,,they need volunteer moms, and hey I can volunteer and hey Im a mom!
I went to see Laws of Attraction tonight with Becky...what a good show,,,4.5 egg whites on the 3FC scale
RosieKate, I used to make lunches and go down to the beach when the kids were out of school. Spend hours hanging out,,,come home for a bit,,,clean up, nap and go back after dinner...for the sunset. Best time to take more pictures!
Katie, a could do a Friday off to have a long weekend thing.... I had Thursdays off and I cleaned,,,and cleaned,,,so far I have thrown out 9 huge bags of garbage/junk.
And I made the most yummiest soup last night for dinner,,,with toasted sub buns with garlic butter.
Well going to finish reading Envy with Sandra Brown
Angie

Since I was on for a minute to post on the challenge thread...I thought I would post here and say...

Good night!!

Wow! Looks like I'm the early bird today. That doesn't happen often! I'm trying to get in my daily allotment of coffee before I get into cleaning, and grocery shopping. I have already started laundry though! And I probably should do some mowing, before it gets too hot. All of this needs to be done before dear BF comes over later.

Well, I went out to dinner with Grandma. It was nice to spend time with her, but I don't think this restaurant knows what a vegetable is. Seriously, very meat and potatoes. They do have a "salad bar" which consists of iceberg lettuce and regular dressing, potato salad, pasta salad, baked beans, carrot/raisin salad, and cottage cheese. Then your meal is just a hunk of meat and a potato. No veggies. I did the best I could, went with baked whitefish florentine (at least there were a couple spinach leaves in there) and a baked sweet potato (better than a regular potato or fries). Not to mention, I don't think their food is all that good, it's alright, but I've had alot better. And then, Grandma gives me homemade cookies and coffee cake. She loves to bake, and is doing alot of it since Grandpa died last November. I usually take them to work, but tell her that they were just delicious.

Yesterday I did get quite a bit done. I did finally get the spare room cleaned out. There isn't much in there, so there is plenty of room to work out! I also cleaned the stove, the kitchen cabinets, the bathroom, and put pledge oil on the steps and woodwork.

Well, I suppose I should get busy. It's not like I've got nothing to do!

Jen